Fury in the Slaughterhouse
Fury in the Slaughterhouse was a rock band from Hannover, Germany, founded in 1987 and disbanded in 2008. Their hits include: "Time to Wonder", "Every Generation Got Its Own Disease", "Won't Forget These Days", "Radio Orchid", "Dancing in the Sunshine of the Dark", "Milk & Honey", and "Trapped Today, Trapped Tomorrow". The band reunited on June 8, 2013 at the Expo Plaza Festival in Hannover, Germany for only one show.
History
The band was formed by siblings Kai-Uwe (vocals) and Thorsten Wingenfelder (guitar/vocals) along with guitarist Christof Stein, bassist Hannes Schafer and drummer Rainer Schumann. Keyboardist Gero Drnek joined in 1989.[1] In 1993, the band had its first international success with the hits Radio Orchid and Every Generation Got Its Own Disease[2][3] from the album Mono.
Discography
Albums
- 1988 – Fury in the Slaughterhouse
- 1990 – Jau!
- 1991 – Hook a Hey
- 1992 – Pure Live!
- 1993 – Mono
- 1994 – Mono (US version with altered track list)
- 1994 – Dead and Gone (EP)
- 1995 – The Hearing and the Sense of Balance
- 1995 – The Hearing and the Sense of Balance (US version with altered track list)
- 1997 – Brilliant Thieves
- 1998 – Nowhere...Fast!
- 1998 – Super Fury (The Best of Fury In The Slaughterhouse)
- 2000 – Home Inside
- 2002 – The Color Fury
- 2002 – Monochrome (Live)
- 2004 – Nimby
- 2005 – Acoustic Grand Cru Classé
- 2006 – Every Heart is a Revolutionary Cell
- 2008 – Don't look back (Collection of B-sides, rarities and new songs; includes DVD with all F.i.t.S. music videos)
In 2005 and 2006, the band's own record label, Kick it Out Records, released remastered versions of all studio albums up to and including 2000's Home inside. These remastered versions also feature additional material like studio outtakes, live recordings and B-sides.
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [4] |
US Mod Rock [5] |
US Main Rock [6] | |||
| 1988 | "Time To Wonder" | — | — | — | Fury In The Slaughterhouse |
| 1989 | "Kick It Out" | — | — | — | |
| 1990 | "Won't Forget These Days" | — | — | — | Jau! |
| "One Good Reason (To Go) / Tears And Fears" | — | — | — | ||
| "Rain Will Fall" | — | — | — | Hooka Hey | |
| 1991 | "Cut Myself Into Pieces" | — | — | — | |
| "Trapped Today, Trapped Tomorrow" | — | — | — | ||
| 1992 | "On Alarm" | — | — | — | Jau! |
| "Won't Forget These Days" (SPA only) | — | — | — | ||
| 1993 | "Radio Orchid" | 59 | — | — | Mono |
| "Every Generation Got Its Own Disease" | 44 | 13 | 21 | ||
| 1994 | "Dead And Gone" | 44 | — | — | |
| "Dead Before I Was Born" (US promo only) | — | — | — | ||
| 1995 | "Dancing In The Sunshine Of The Dark" | — | — | — | The Hearing And The Sense Of Balance |
| "Down There" | 83 | — | — | ||
| "Milk And Honey" | 94 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | "Hello And Goodbye" | 97 | — | — | |
| 1997 | "Riding On A Dead Horse" (GER promo only) | — | — | — | Brilliant Thieves |
| "Bring Me Home" | — | — | — | ||
| "Brilliant Thieves" | 92 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | "Everything I Did" | — | — | — | Nowhere... Fast! |
| "One Way Dead End Street" | — | — | — | ||
| 1999 | "Won't Forget These Days (Remix)" | — | — | — | Super Fury |
| 2000 | "Are You Real?" | 91 | — | — | Home Inside |
| 2002 | "Midnight Rider" | — | — | — | The Color Fury |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||
Videos / DVDs
- 1991 – Clicksongs & Peppermint Stories (Video)
- 1997 – Especially Ordinary (Video)
- 2002 – Monochrome (Live-DVD and -Album)
- 2004 – Welcome to the other World – Nimby Live (DVD)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fury in the Slaughterhouse. |
- Official site (German)
- F.I.T.S. – Label
- ↑ Sutton, Michael. "Fury in the Slaughterhouse - Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ Fury in the Slaughterhouse on DevlinPix.
- ↑ www.devlinpix.com.
- ↑ "Fury in the Slaughterhouse - German Chart". musicline.de. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "US Modern Rock Tracks - Fury in the Slaughterhouse". billboard.com. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "US Mainstream Rock Tracks - Fury in the Slaughterhouse". billboard.com. Retrieved 1 January 2015.